PLEASE HELP!!!!!!

[Mikegearin]

OK....I have now been searching the internet high and low for a solution..a simple answer to the one great question!!! Will a Plextor 716SA DVD burner work with a Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard. I have it hooked up, the computer reconignes the drive but when I insert any type of medi into the drive it will spin up then spin down then LOCK my computer up HARD!!!!!!


PLEASE HELP!!!

 

[FastEddie]

What OS do you have installed? SP's installed? Other components? What drivers installed? Need info.

 

[Mikegearin]

WIN XP SP2 The bios version that came with the board... I used the latest firmware for the drive..

 

[jose]

Try another cdrom to see if it's the plextor causing the problem.

Regards,
Jose

 

[runestone]

Mike, a lot of other folks are having probs with the Nforce4 chip and sata Plextor. Have you checked for firmware update for the Plex? Maybe the new bios supposed to be out soon from Asus will help.

 

[Mikegearin]

True everyone is having problems, although I though the majority of those problems were that the drive can't be seen. THat is not the problem I have.

 

[FastEddie]

Originally posted by: Mikegearin
WIN XP SP2 The bios version that came with the board... I used the latest firmware for the drive..

Did you install the NV Software IDE controllers?

 

[Mikegearin]

I don't recall. but this is an SATA drive not an IDE drive. I'm not even using the IDE cables right now.

 

[Bar81]

It's purely a BIOS issue if the latest firmware doesn't help. I know on my nForce3 Asus board that only one BIOS, the original shipping one, would work properly with my 712SA. Later BIOSes would recognize the drive but would simply reboot the system during bootup for no reason. Try different BIOSes for your mobo. btw when I complained to Asus about the problem they just ignored me so know that Asus support BLOWS.

 

[FastEddie]

Originally posted by: Mikegearin
I don't recall. but this is an SATA drive not an IDE drive. I'm not even using the IDE cables right now.

It does make a difference. Funny that you need to install the nv software ide controllers from the NF4 Stand Alone driver pack from nVidia to have a functioning NCQ on sata interface drives. Why would ide drivers have any influence on NCQ for sata drives?

 

[FriedPixel]

Try putting it on the SI controller

 

[canadianpsycho]

Originally posted by: FriedPixel
Try putting it on the SI controller

I've read the SI controller supports SATA DVD RWs.

 

[grit621]

Running Plex 716-SA w/1.4 bios on the nVidia SATA controller w/o any problems whatsoever.

 

[Roomraider]

I have 2 PX716-SA drives on the same chipset. #1 you must install the drive on the
Nvidia SATA ports, Disable Raid if you dont have a raid array, install the latest
Nforce Driver 6.39 and install the Nvidia IDE & SATA drivers.









MOBO Gigabyte Ga-K8NXP-SLI
CPU AMD Athlon 64 FX-55
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Video 2xBFG 6800GT OC PCIE W/Serials in order
HDD 2xWD-74 GB Raptor HDD/Raid(0)configged
2xMaxtor 300 GB SATA HDD
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ADD-ON MSI TV@nywhere Personal Cinema FX5200 TV/FM tuner

 

[ohnnyj]

If you put it on the nVidia ports you will have to ensure RAID is disabled, I recommend just sticking it on the SI controller as others have said. That is where I have mine and it is running just fine.

 

[Roomraider]

Originally posted by: ohnnyj
If you put it on the nVidia ports you will have to ensure RAID is disabled, I recommend just sticking it on the SI controller as others have said. That is where I have mine and it is running just fine.

Wrong!!!!!!!!!! Putting it on SIL wil cause you perfomance loss due to the data has to travel the PCI bus.
On the Nvidia ports it operate straight off the chip no PCI bus involved.
Hence better, faster data transfer.

 

[Mikegearin]

FIXED!!!!
All I had to do was change the drives DMA path..... Works great!

 

[el Conquistador]

Originally posted by: Mikegearin
FIXED!!!!
All I had to do was change the drives DMA path..... Works great!

Thats great how you do that I have the same problem PLEASE.

 

[imported_carl]

I had a similar problem with my 712SA. I installed the latest BIOS and nForce chipset drivers and the problem went away. Now one of my ehternet ports no longer works, but that's another thread...

Have you tried updateing the BIOS and nForce drivers? I'm currently running BIOS 1006 and nForce drivers 6.53.